And yep, you nailed it. This is more than about racist images in a book when those very images replicate themselves in real life for People of Color on the daily. I wish people could get that.

Truth be told, I’ve always liked Amanda. I think she’s made some serious errors in judgment (like that “killjoy” comment over her first cover), but I felt that, despite her defensiveness, she was sincere in trying to learn. Not anymore. Not after she tried to make everything that’s happened over the past two weeks a matter of her career, which as she herself admits is in no danger whatsoever. Nope. No more passes. At least not until I see something more substantial than, “hey, I link to PoC all the time!”

An interesting parallel: I started out as a poetry blogger. That blog is now gone, but yep, I use to post about poetry and read daily mostly poetry bloggers. I eventually left the poetry blog scene for many of the same reasons that many Women of Color are now leaving Feminism.

That said, I think a week of poetry blogging is a damn good idea!

I really, really don’t ever want to hear another “overt sexism is so much more acceptable than overt racism, therefore /Clinton Was Wobbed!/I/we win the Oppression Olympics, not that I/we believe in such a thing, but if I/we did/it’s totally okay for me to say or do ___ because I’m/we’re the one(s) who decides what’s REALLY offensive/harmful or not”

For reals.

/ spew.

Glad you’re here, Kevin. You seem to be able to keep it right to the point, and it’s sanity-inducing.

…from any so-called “progressive.” Like, ever again.

And no, she said, pre-empting, I wouldn’t be interested in the reverse -either-, and as soon as that argument seriously comes up among anyone in these circles, I’ll be sure to smack it down also. Meanwhile, back to -this- epic endless clusterfuck…